Re: GTK 3.20 Nim wrapper
You may try first [https://github.com/ngtk3/nim-chess2](https://github.com/ngtk3/nim-chess2) The readme contains the instructions, which I tested recently with Nim v 0.15.2 on Linux. For Linux you can copy the commands to a file and run the script, bash script.sh. I know that it does not work for OSX, can not help. Of course a nimble install would be more nice, but I can not provide that currently, and I think there are indeed no users.
Re: GTK 3.20 Nim wrapper
How to make it work? (I'm a newbie in this) test.nim(1, 8) Error: cannot open 'gtk3' I downloaded from github archive and tried to compile: nim c '/home/vlad/Programs/programming/libraries/Nim/nim-gtk3-master/test/test.nim'
Re: Nim in Action is now available!
> IMO your rewording of the explanation of forward declaration also leaves > something to be desired. Yes, it is difficult to explain, for me, in english. I just tried, as only complaining is sometime too easy. For the forward declaration, I think there is already a secret pragma to make it unnecessary, I once tried it, was working, but have never really used it. Relaxing forward declarations was mentioned a few times, some people would really love it. Recently someone in IRC talked about new problems when forward declarations would be relaxed, I think it was related to templates or macros and their order
Re: Nim in Action is now available!
@Stefan_Salewski IMO your rewording of the explanation of forward declaration also leaves something to be desired. I'd immediately introduce the distinction between `declaration` and `definition`, and then introduce Nim's rules, hint at why they make sense, and mention the **possibilty** that they may be relaxed in the future. In your explanation you contradict yourself by first saying > it has to be defined in advance when really it has to be at least declared in advance, and then saying > When it is necessary to call a procedure before it can be defined after you've just declared (ha!) that that can't be done. By making the distinction clear at the outset I think the explanation is simpler and more accurate. BTW, I don't see in todo.txt any mention of the relaxation of forward declaration rules. One of the off-putting aspects of Nim's development model IMO is the lack of visibility into the priorities and future plans. Following forum posts and IRC chats is not a realistic option; it would be great if the book could point to a place where all of these future issues are discussed. Looking forward to holding the physical book in my hands (yeah I'm old fashioned) and seeing Nim reach a 1.0 milestone soon.
Re: Nim in Action is now available!
@StefanSalewski My editor assured me that the book will be copyedited thoroughly by Manning. I am currently looking for factual issues or misleading sentences. You mentioned some of those, but unfortunately I disagree with most of them. I will consider improving the explanation of forward declarations in chapter 2 if the other chapters don't teach it sufficiently well.
Re: Nim in Action is now available!
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